migration

Meaning

Noun

• An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
• Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
• Movement in general.
• Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
• The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.

Origin

• From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō.
• Morphologically migrate + -ion